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General Category => WELCOME CENTER => Topic started by: Penncraft on December 16, 2018, 03:49:36 AM

Title: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Penncraft on December 16, 2018, 03:49:36 AM
Looks like we had a re-launch around here.

I've been having a hard time keeping up with you guys as I am not sure that I should share my daily work anymore. I haven't signed any secrets act or anything like that but I am not sure my boss wants all sorts or airport systems up on the internet.

I survived the Alaska Earthquake. Lost a toilet, the chimney, my retaining wall and my hot water heater stopped working a couple of days after. Changed the toilet and hot water heater out and hauled a truck load of broken glass and stuff to the dump.

Got to get back on track soon.

Take care everyone.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: J.A.F.E. on December 16, 2018, 05:15:05 AM
Glad you found the new place and even happier you got through that ordeal. Sounds like you got through reasonably intact.

Hope all is well.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Penncraft on December 16, 2018, 05:49:45 AM
Thanks JAFE!

The Camaro took a pounding but Hagerty is on that. Worst Earthquake of my lifetime.

Not sure what got this place :(

Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: pep on December 16, 2018, 06:47:41 AM
Something like that sure does underline how quickly things can change, and not a chance is hell of stopping it.

Leaves one to ride it out and pick up the pieces, got hit by a tornado a few years, back... Hope I never see one of those again. The hood looked like a war zone, and I know what that looks like. Somehow seemed much worse driving out of the hood than it did overseas. Only thing missing, the dead in the streets.

Glad you and the family came out unscathed.....lost the toilet   :-\  :-) having some fun with that..



Cheers,

Pep
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Penncraft on December 16, 2018, 07:19:25 AM
Never lived near a tornado zone, not sure that I could. I am used to earthquakes but not tornados. The devil you know and all that. Never been in a war zone either and I don't want to.

The family came through fine. My daughter was at school and the ceiling collapsed but the kids have been drilled since kindergarten to dive under the desks in an earthquake and when it fell they were all under cover. No fatalities in the whole earthquake, which makes the property damage seem unimportant. No one dies and only minor injuries statewide. We can all live with that.

Also we have two toilets, the downstairs toilet was unscathed.


Thanks for the well wishes.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: goodfellow on December 16, 2018, 08:22:35 AM
Glad everything worked out OK, and that you and your family are safe.

Welcome back!
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Penncraft on December 16, 2018, 08:24:02 AM
Glad everything worked out OK, and that you and your family are safe.

Welcome back!

Always good to be here.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Heiny57 on December 16, 2018, 08:27:05 AM
Glad you are ok and good to see found the new place.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: slip knot on December 16, 2018, 09:30:29 AM
Welcome back. I saw some news coverage of the damage. Those earthquakes really jack things up. :-\
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: DeadNutz on December 16, 2018, 10:58:18 AM
Great to hear from the great white north. Been wondering about you and glad you and family are ok after the shaker. As far as posting pics about your work, don't worry about posting any pics as we don't need those and you certainly wouldn't want to catch any grief over that.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: jabberwoki on December 16, 2018, 11:55:55 AM
Yeah welcome back mate, its good to see you here again.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: hickory n Steel on December 16, 2018, 03:50:37 PM
Welcome back, and glad you made it through the quake.
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: skfarmer on December 16, 2018, 08:27:35 PM
wow, sucks that you had to go through all that  but good to hear that things are getting back to normal.

welcome back!
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: john k on December 16, 2018, 10:57:24 PM
Good to hear of a survivor,  whew.    Was told once that in an earthquake that one mans toilet had an eruption of water out of the stool as the underground soil pipe was crushed, wondered if it were true?
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Crispycritter on December 17, 2018, 10:55:04 AM
Good to hear of a survivor,  whew.    Was told once that in an earthquake that one mans toilet had an eruption of water out of the stool as the underground soil pipe was crushed, wondered if it were true?
be one hell of a enema if someone was on the toiletwhen it happened....
Title: Re: A guy takes a little time off and everything went to hell while I was gone....
Post by: Penncraft on December 18, 2018, 05:31:41 AM
Thanks guys! I'm always happy when I drop in here!